Elbert Coxs parents were Eugenia D Talbot and Johnson D Cox who were African Americans Johnson Cox was the principal of a high school having obtained a degree from Evansville College and had undertaken graduate studies at Indiana University

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Elbert Cox's parents were Eugenia D Talbot and Johnson D Cox who were African Americans. Johnson Cox was the principal of a high school, having obtained a degree from Evansville College and had undertaken graduate studies at Indiana University.